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Arab News
01-03-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
Penalty heartbreak for Saudi Arabia in U-20 Asian final
SHENCHEN, CHINA: There was heartbreak for Saudi Arabia in the final of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup on Saturday as they lost a penalty shootout 5-4 to Australia. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport Saudi Arabia's shot-stopper Hamed Yousef is the #AFCU20 Best Goalkeeper! — #AsianQualifiers (@afcasiancup) March 1, 2025 Australia took the lead in the 24th minute. Saudi Arabia failed to deal with a free-kick on the left and the ball fell to Agosti just outside the area. He swung a foot and his low shot ended up in the bottom corner. Saudi keeper Hamed Al-Shanqiti got a hand to the ball and probably should have kept it out. Just when it looked as if the Green Falcons were going to in at the break behind, they had the ball in the net — though only just. Nawaf Al-Ghulaimish crossed from the right and Haji headed into the arms of goalkeeper Hall, who was standing behind the goal line. After a lengthy VAR check to ascertain whether the whole of the ball had crossed the line, the goal was given. The second half was open with both teams pushing for a win. After 56 minutes there was a major scramble in the Saudi Arabian area. Al-Shanqiti made a smart reaction save from a botched clearance by Awad Aman, then Daniel Bennie had two shots blocked before Alexander Badolato pulled his effort just wide. Not long after Saad Haqawi's low shot from the left was saved. There were more opportunities, but the stalemate remained and the final went into extra time. Those 30 minutes carried on in the same vein before the referee blew his whistle to end two hours of football and signal a penalty shootout, the second in a row for Saudi Arabia, who defeated South Korea on penalties in the semi-final. As in that match, Saudi Arabia's opponents took the first kick. Unlike South Korea, Australia converted, and went on to score each of their penalties. Thamer Al-Khaibri coolly leveled with Saudi Arabia's first. Farhah Al-Shamrani scored to make it 2-2. Ali Al-Mahdawi slotted home the third. Saleh Barnawi made it 4-4. Then the pressure was on Hazazi to level again and take the shootout into sudden death. But his effort was saved and Australia took the title.
Jordan Times
20-02-2025
- Sport
- Jordan Times
Jordan exits U-20 Asian Cup
AMMAN — Jordan exited the AFC U-20 Asian Cup after a goalless draw with Iraq on Wednesday in its last Group B match of the competition currently under way in Shenzhen, China. Although Iraq was down to 10 players on the pitch and Jordan was the better team with many scoring chances, the team failed to score. As Saudi Arabia came from 1-0 down to beat North Korea 2-1, they grabbed the top spot and qualified alongside Iraq from the Group. Jordan's opening 1-0 defeat to Saudi Arabia contributed to its early exit, although they later beat North Korea 2-1 while Iraq held North Korea 1-1 and beat Saudi 1-0. The top two teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals while the tournament's top four teams qualify from Asia to the 2025 FIFA U20 World Cup. Teams making it to the quarterfinals were Australia and hosts China who moved from Group A; Iran and holders Uzbekistan from Group C while South Korea and Japan moved from Group D. It was Jordan's 9th time at the U20 Asian Cup finals with their best finish fourth place in 2006 when they qualified to the U20 World Cup in 2007. In previous editions, the team exited the group stages in 1977, 1978, 2008, 2010, 2018; exited the quarterfinals in 2012 and 2023. They did not qualify in 2014 and 2016. The team includes a host of young stars who were recently also recalled to the senior team's Doha training camp, headed by Ibrahim Sabra, who has been instrumental in Wihdat's local land regional agenda in the AFC Champions League Two. The U-20 Asian Cup, previously known as the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship, is a biennial competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and is a qualifying tournament to the U-20 World Cup. South Korea is the record winning team with 12 titles. Among Arab teams Iraq won five times, Saudi three times, while Qatar, Syria and the UAE once each. Officials were hoping Jordan's U-20 squad would advance further in the competition as they strive on having a strong roaster for the long term future of the national team. In other age divisions, Jordan was eliminated from Group A U-17 Asian Cup qualifiers in 2024 while the U-23 squad exited the 6th AFC U-23 Asian Cup – a qualifier to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Jordan Times
12-02-2025
- Sport
- Jordan Times
Jordan kicks off U-20 Asian Cup matches
AMMAN — Jordan plays Saudi Arabia on Thursday in Group B matches of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup which kicks off in Shenzhen, China. The Kingdom's matches include North Korea on February 16 and Iraq on February 19. Group A includes hosts China, Australia, Kyrgyzstan and Qatar; Group C includes titleholders Uzbekistan, Iran, Indonesia and Yemen while Group D includes, Japan, South Korea, Syria and Thailand. The top two teams from each group will move to the quarterfinals. The top four teams will advance from Asia to the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup. It will be Jordan's 9th time at the U20 Asian Cup finals with their best finish fourth place in 2006 when they qualified to the U20 World Cup in 2007. After a series of friendlies in Amman, the squad played a friendly tourney which included India, Indonesia and Syria ahead of the finals. The team includes a host of young stars who were recently also recalled to the senior team's Doha training camp, headed by Ibrahim Sabra, who has been instrumental in Wihdat's local land regional agenda in the AFC Champions League Two. The U-20 Asian Cup, previously known as the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship, is a biennial competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and is a qualifying tournament to the U-20 World Cup. South Korea is the record winning team with 12 titles. Among Arab teams Iraq won five times, Saudi three times, while Qatar, Syria and the UAE once each. Forty five Asian teams contested the AFC qualifiers in 10 groups, with the group winners and five best second-placed teams advancing to the finals. Jordan qualified as one of five best second placed teams after they beat Singapore 2-0 and Hong Kong 7-0 and lost 3-2 to Qatar.
